Oval UFO Sightings
5,989 Oval-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1930, peaking in 2012 (380 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 5,989
- Span
- 1930–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (380 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Oval
1930–2022 · peak 2012 (380 reports)
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Mount Holly · NC, USA
Orange orb or oval seen in the distant sky in NC.
Jasper · GA, USA
Oval shaped bright light that seemed to hover back and forth then light would seem to go out. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Towson · MD, USA
2 white oblong objects hanging in sky at high altitude near Towson on a clear afternoon. ((NUFORC Note: Aerostats, probably. PD))
Brinklow · MD, USA
4 Lights traveling counterclockwise, coming together and then moving apart (2 others to follow in another part of the sky)
Plattsburgh · NY, USA
Translucent white/gray oval hovering over Lake Champlain.
Middletown · DE, USA
White oval objects floating in sky.
Columbia · MO, USA
Approximately ten bright red lights zigzagging in the sky. All but two lights disappeared and one flew over close enough to see.
Lynwood · CA, USA
The craft was oval and looked to have a domed top.. Almost cliche looking... The craft was giving off a hypnotic blinking in a circula
Lakewood · CO, USA
Me and my brother I saw 4 oval shaped, bright yellow crafts. They would combine, then separate. ((NUFORC Note: Adv. lights? PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Red orb slowly maneuvers and changes color, shape, and direction in the southwest San Diego Sky.
Malibu · CA, USA
Orange spheres over Malibu and Pt. Dume.
Roosevelt · WA, USA
Red shiny globe making manuevers in Southern sky over Oregon being seen from Washington.
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
Green oval orb seen flying over baseball field.
Yellowstone National Park (near west entrance) · USA
1 orb 4 photos with 2 cameras in the daylight moving. ((NUFORC Note: Objects are lens flares, caused by the Sun. PD))
Grayslake · IL, USA
Orange oval seen moving south to north 9 witnesses.
Redmond · WA, USA
Bright Oval flying object seen in the distance, with the help of binoculars
Manassas · VA, USA
A single black oval with moving frills
South Gate · CA, USA
Two bright red that would change color some are dimmer and they dent flash sometimes they move left to right or up and down and some ac
Roseville · CA, USA
It was staying still then would move about 5 degrees either way then a red smaller one would follow it's movement then it started to mo
Park Forest · IL, USA
I spotted, then observed the large bright light for 40 minutes before going back to bed. I selected "oval" from the drop-down
New Lowell (Canada) · ON, Canada
I was driving and saw a grey oval moving just above the horizon< about five km straight ahead of me.
Jones · AL, USA
Red orb appearing, disappearing, and reappearing in the night sky.
Sand Lake · MI, USA
Large silent hazy white light of oval/elongated shape moving in a straight line from the NW to the SE at a very high rate of speed East
Roseville · CA, USA
Saw UFO above a red helicopter in sky.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Saw a flash of light while taking a picture of sunset and object ended up in my picture.